rootstock
A healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most commonly as a sound…A healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most commonly as a sound base to support a scion that bears desirable fruit in orchard culture.
» The orchardist grafted an apple bud onto the rootstock.
Meaning
2 sensesA healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most commonly as a sound base to support a scion that bears desirable fruit in orchard culture.
Wurzelstock
(broadly, figuratively)The necessary basis for something to develop.
- root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots
- a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
Examples
2 sentencesThe orchardist grafted an apple bud onto the rootstock.
Grafting can join scions with desirable qualities to rootstock that is strong and resists disease and insects.
Translations
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Origin
From root + stock.From root + stock.
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